Rudderless Federer driven to distraction by Agassi

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ROGER FEDERER seemed a little lost, which is not a surprise considering he is in Australia with only Mirka Vavrinec, his girlfriend, and Reto Staubli, a long-time chum and former top-ten player from Switzerland, for company. The Wimbledon champion will not rush his choice of a new coach, although the name of Sven Groenveld, who twice helped Greg Rusedski in better times, is getting a decent airing.

It is thought that Federer would prefer to work with a nice guy in the mould of Peter Lundgren, the Swede with whom he split from in such an unexpected last twist to